john kerry is in afghanistan. during the 24 hour visit, he is expected to this us security. the supreme court will take up to same-sex marriage cases this week. on california's proposition eight case that defined marriage between a man and a woman. both cases will be decided at the end of june. today, the first day on the job for detroit's emergency manager. he may now must solve the long-term debt and recovered the budget deficit. detroit is the largest u.s. city ever put under state control. those are your headlines. i am lauren reed. back to connell. connell: a move lower in stocks. we have noticed some of the french banks. they are all down. dagen: a snowstorm that dumped as much as 2 feet in the northwest. connell: i would rather be over in cyprus. >> good morning. we are tracking it again. parts of illinois being hit with as much as 15 inches of snow. it is as far west as parts of indiana. the highest snowfall totals should be a foot of snow. we do have winter storm warnings in effect. it is because of the wind and snowfall amounts. we actually have been seeing some de